1987–88 Utah Jazz season

The 1987–88 Utah Jazz season was the team's 14th in the NBA. The Jazz finished third in the Midwest Division with a record of 47–35, and qualified for the playoffs for the fifth straight season.^[1] In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in four games, but then lost in seven games to the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers in the semifinals. Karl Malone was selected for the 1988 NBA All-Star Game.

1987–88 Utah Jazz season
Head coach	Frank Layden
General manager	Dave Checketts
Owner(s)	Larry H. Miller
Arena	Salt Palace
Results
Record	47–35 (.573)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals (lost to Lakers 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KSTU Jazz Cable Network
Radio	KSL
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Draft picks

Main article: 1987 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	15	Jose Ortiz	C	Puerto Rico	Oregon State
3	61	Clarence Martin		United States	Western Kentucky
3	68	Billy Donovan	G	United States	Providence
4	84	Reuben Holmes		United States	Alabama State
5	107	Bart Kofoed	PG	United States	Nevada-Kearney
6	130	Art Sabb		United States	Bloomfield
7	153	Keith Webster		United States	Harvard

Roster

1987–88 Utah Jazz roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 41 Bailey, Thurl 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1961–04–07 NC State C 53 Eaton, Mark 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1957–01–24 UCLA G 14 Green, Rickey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1954–08–18 Michigan G 35 Griffith, Darrell 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1958–06–16 Louisville G 20 Hansen, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1961–01–18 Iowa G 25 Hughes, Eddie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1960–05–26 Colorado State F 43 Iavaroni, Marc 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1956–09–15 Virginia G 11 Kofoed, Bart 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1964–03–24 Nebraska–Kearney F 32 Malone, Karl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1963–07–24 Louisiana Tech F 33 Roth, Scott 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1963–06–03 Wisconsin F 22 Scurry, Carey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1962–12–04 Long Island G 12 Stockton, John 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1962–03–26 Gonzaga F 4 Tripucka, Kelly 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1959–02–16 Notre Dame C 54 Turpin, Melvin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1960–12–28 Kentucky	Head coach Frank Layden Assistant coach(es) Scott Layden Jerry Sloan Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended   Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	–	35–6	19–22	18–12
x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	1	33–8	20–21	20–10
x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	7	33–8	14–27	18–12
x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	8	31–10	15–26	13–17
x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	23	23–18	8–33	12–18
Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	30	19–22	5–36	9–21

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	8
3	x-Dallas Mavericks	53	29	.646	9
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	9
5	x-Utah Jazz	47	35	.573	15
6	x-Houston Rockets	46	36	.561	16
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	44	38	.537	18
8	x-San Antonio Spurs	31	51	.378	31
9	Phoenix Suns	28	54	.341	34
10	Sacramento Kings	24	58	.293	38
11	Golden State Warriors	20	62	.244	42
12	Los Angeles Clippers	17	65	.207	45

Record vs. opponents

1987-88 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–4	2–3	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–0	3–3	6–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3
Boston	4–2	—	3–3	2–3	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–1
Chicago	3–2	3–3	—	3–3	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	5–1	5–1	3–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Cleveland	1–5	3–2	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–5	0–2	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	5–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	6–0
Dallas	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	3–3	1–1	4–1	4–2	2–0	5–0	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	5–1	5–1	3–2	3–3	1–1
Denver	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	—	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	4–2	5–1	4–1	2–4	2–0
Detroit	4–2	3–3	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2
Golden State	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	0–2	—	0–5	0–2	3–3	0–6	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–5	2–3	3–2	1–5	1–4	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	3–2	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–4	3–2	3–3	2–0
Indiana	2–4	0–5	3–3	2–4	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	3–3	6–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4
L.A. Clippers	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–5	1–1	3–3	2–3	1–1	—	1–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	0–6	3–2	0–5	1–5	1–4	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	2–0	6–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	—	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–3	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–1	1–1
Milwaukee	3–3	3–3	1–5	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0	0–2	3–3	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1
New Jersey	0–5	1–5	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–1	0–6	2–0	0–2	2–3	—	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–6
New York	3–3	1–5	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	3–3	3–3	—	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	0–6	2–4	2–4	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	4–2	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3
Phoenix	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–5	2–3	0–2	4–2	1–4	0–2	4–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	0–6	3–2	2–3	2–4	2–3	0–2
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	5–1	1–4	2–0	6–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	6–0	—	4–1	5–0	3–3	1–4	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	0–2	3–2	2–4	0–2	2–3	1–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	—	3–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
San Antonio	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	1–5	1–1	2–3	4–2	0–2	5–0	0–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–5	3–3	—	3–2	3–3	0–2
Seattle	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–1	5–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	3–3	4–1	2–3	—	1–4	2–0
Utah	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	0–2	4–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–2	4–1	5–1	3–3	4–1	—	2–0
Washington	3–3	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–4	6–0	3–3	3–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Regular season

1987–88 game log Total: 47–35 (home: 33–8; road: 14–27)
November: 7–6 (home: 7–1; road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 6, 1988 6:30 p.m. MST @ Dallas L 93–95 Malone (25) Eaton (12) Stockton (8) Reunion Arena 17,007 0–1 2 November 7 Sacramento W 121–100 Salt Palace 1–1 3 November 10 @ L.A. Clippers L 88–100 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 1–2 4 November 11, 1987 7:30 p.m. MST Dallas W 121–92 Malone (32) Malone (10) Stockton (14) Salt Palace 12,212 2–2 5 November 13 Phoenix W 109–92 Salt Palace 3–2 6 November 14 @ Houston L 93–101 The Summit 3–3 7 November 17, 1987 7:30 p.m. MST Denver W 120–110 Malone (25) Eaton (25) Stockton (15) Salt Palace 11,461 4–3 8 November 18 @ Phoenix L 80–90 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 4–4 9 November 20 Indiana W 112–81 Salt Palace 5–4 10 November 21 @ San Antonio L 119–120 HemisFair Arena 5–5 11 November 24, 1987 7:30 p.m. MST Washington W 100–83 Malone (22) Bailey, Eaton (14) Green (8) Salt Palace 12,212 6–5 12 November 27 Houston W 118–96 Salt Palace 7–5 13 November 30 Philadelphia L 100–106 Salt Palace 7–6
December: 7–8 (home: 4–2; road: 3–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 December 2, 1987 7:30 p.m. MST Chicago L 101–105 Malone (33) Malone (14) Stockton (11) Salt Palace 12,212 7–7 15 December 4 New York W 104–92 Salt Palace 8–7 16 December 5 @ Sacramento W 126–117 ARCO Arena 9–7 17 December 8 @ San Antonio L 100–105 HemisFair Arena 9–8 18 December 10 @ Houston L 93–98 The Summit 9–9 19 December 12 Golden State W 127–93 Salt Palace 10–9 20 December 14 Seattle W 116–95 Salt Palace 11–9 21 December 16, 1987 5:30 p.m. MST @ Boston L 111–121 Malone (31) Malone (12) Stockton (11) Boston Garden 14,890 11–10 22 December 18 @ Indiana L 97–121 Market Square Arena 11–11 23 December 19, 1987 5:30 p.m. MST @ Atlanta L 124–130 (OT) Griffith (32) Malone (17) Stockton (15) The Omni 12,515 11–12 24 December 21 @ New Jersey L 95–106 Brendan Byrne Arena 11–13 25 December 23, 1987 5:30 p.m. MST @ Cleveland W 91–83 Malone (26) Eaton (16) Green (6) Richfield Coliseum 9,202 12–13 26 December 26, 1987 2:00 p.m. MST L.A. Lakers L 109–117 Malone (26) Malone (14) Stockton (15) Salt Palace 12,212 12–14 27 December 29, 1987 7:30 p.m. MST @ Denver W 98–97 Malone (37) Malone (13) Stockton (8) McNichols Sports Arena 10,621 13–14 28 December 30 Golden State W 104–103 Salt Palace 14–14
January: 5–8 (home: 4–2; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 29 January 2 @ Sacramento L 105–107 ARCO Arena 14–15 30 January 4, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Boston L 99–107 Malone (25) Malone (17) Stockton (11) Salt Palace 12,212 14–16 31 January 6 @ Philadelphia L 93–116 The Spectrum 14–17 32 January 8, 1988 7:00 p.m. MST @ Milwaukee W 111–107 Malone (29) Malone (11) Stockton (18) MECCA Arena 11,052 15–17 33 January 9, 1988 6:30 p.m. MST @ Chicago L 91–113 Malone (25) Malone (8) Stockton (9) Chicago Stadium 17,877 15–18 34 January 13 Portland W 116–104 Salt Palace 16–18 35 January 15 @ Seattle L 105–124 Seattle Center Coliseum 16–19 36 January 20, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Detroit L 117–120 Malone (39) Malone (13) Stockton (11) Salt Palace 12,212 16–20 37 January 22 San Antonio W 119–106 Salt Palace 17–20 38 January 25, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Cleveland W 119–96 Malone (36) Malone (12) Stockton (13) Salt Palace 12,212 18–20 39 January 26, 1988 8:30 p.m. MST @ L.A. Lakers L 100–111 Malone, Stockton (18) Bailey, Eaton, Malone (9) Stockton (11) The Forum 17,505 18–21 40 January 29 @ Golden State L 100–102 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 18–22 41 January 30, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Atlanta W 115–109 Bailey (33) Eaton (14) Stockton (19) Salt Palace 12,212 19–22
February: 9–4 (home: 6–1; road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 42 February 1 Seattle W 105–100 Salt Palace 20–22 43 February 3 Sacramento W 123–91 Salt Palace 21–22 44 February 4 @ Portland W 126–123 Memorial Coliseum 22–22 45 February 9, 1988 6:00 p.m. MST @ Dallas L 93–124 Malone (18) Bailey (9) Stockton (14) Reunion Arena 17,007 22–23 46 February 10, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Dallas W 93–80 Bailey (24) Malone (13) Stockton (16) Salt Palace 12,444 23–23 47 February 14, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST @ Denver L 93–107 Malone (31) Eaton (12) Stockton (12) McNichols Sports Arena 9,971 23–24 48 February 15 Portland W 112–94 Salt Palace 24–24 49 February 17 Phoenix W 108–103 Salt Palace 25–24 50 February 19 @ L.A. Clippers W 98–88 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 26–24 51 February 20 L.A. Clippers W 120–103 Salt Palace 26–25 52 February 24, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Denver L 120–123 Malone (38) Malone (17) Stockton (16) Salt Palace 12,444 27–25 53 February 26, 1988 8:30 p.m. MST @ L.A. Lakers L 105–112 Malone (28) Malone (16) Stockton (15) The Forum 17,505 27–26 54 February 29 @ Sacramento W 115–110 ARCO Arena 28–26
March: 11–5 (home: 8–1; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 55 March 1 Houston W 113–112 Salt Palace 29–26 56 March 4 @ Seattle W 125–110 Seattle Center Coliseum 30–26 57 March 5 San Antonio W 125–106 Salt Palace 31–26 58 March 7 New Jersey W 105–81 Salt Palace 32–26 59 March 9, 1988 5:30 p.m. MST @ Detroit L 98–103 Malone (26) Malone (18) Stockton (11) Pontiac Silverdome 20,623 32–27 60 March 11, 1988 6:00 p.m. MST @ Washington W 109–107 Malone (34) Malone, Turpin (8) Stockton (16) Capital Centre 10,775 33–27 61 March 12 @ New York L 105–108 Madison Square Garden 33–28 62 March 14, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST @ Denver W 116–115 Bailey (31) Eaton (12) Stockton (20) McNichols Sports Arena 10,172 34–28 63 March 16, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Dallas W 120–105 Malone (29) Malone (17) Stockton (17) Salt Palace 12,444 35–28 64 March 18, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Denver W 118–111 Malone (30) Eaton, Malone (10) Stockton (15) Salt Palace 12,444 36–28 65 March 19 @ San Antonio L 110–113 HemisFair Arena 36–29 66 March 22 Phoenix W 103–96 Salt Palace 37–29 67 March 24 Sacramento W 117–97 Salt Palace 38–29 68 March 26, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST Milwaukee L 105–107 Malone (33) Malone (14) Stockton (18) Salt Palace 12,444 38–30 69 March 29, 1988 8:30 p.m. MST @ L.A. Lakers L 111–122 Malone (25) Malone (12) Stockton (18) The Forum 17,505 38–31 70 March 31 Golden State W 115–92 Salt Palace 39–31
April: 8–4 (home: 4–1; road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 71 April 2, 1988 7:30 p.m. MST L.A. Lakers W 106–92 Bailey (31) Malone (15) Stockton (16) Salt Palace 12,444 40–31 72 April 5 @ Phoenix L 106–111 Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 40–32 73 April 7 @ Houston L 107–113 The Summit 40–33 74 April 8, 1988 6:30 p.m. MDT @ Dallas L 95–118 Stockton (15) Iavaroni (6) Stockton (9) Reunion Arena 17,007 40–34 75 April 11 @ Golden State W 113–102 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 41–34 76 April 12 L.A. Clippers W 100–93 Salt Palace 42–34 77 April 14 Portland L 123–128 Salt Palace 42–35 78 April 16 San Antonio W 107–82 Salt Palace 43–35 79 April 19 @ Portland W 129–122 Memorial Coliseum 44–35 80 April 20 @ L.A. Clippers W 112–106 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 45–35 81 April 22 @ Seattle W 110–109 Seattle Center Coliseum 46–35 82 April 23 Houston W 125–107 Salt Palace 47–35
1987–88 schedule

Playoffs

1988 playoff game log
First Round: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 28 @ Portland L 96–108 Thurl Bailey (31) Karl Malone (13) John Stockton (9) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 0–1 2 April 30 @ Portland W 114–105 Karl Malone (37) Karl Malone (16) John Stockton (13) Memorial Coliseum 12,666 1–1 3 May 4 Portland W 113–108 Karl Malone (35) Karl Malone (9) John Stockton (16) Salt Palace 12,444 2–1 4 May 6 Portland W 111–96 Karl Malone (38) Mark Eaton (11) John Stockton (10) Salt Palace 12,444 3–1
Western Conference Semifinals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 8, 1988 1:30 p.m. MDT @ L.A. Lakers L 91–110 Malone (29) Bailey (8) Stockton (16) The Forum 17,505 0–1 2 May 10, 1988 9:00 p.m. MDT @ L.A. Lakers W 101–97 Malone (29) Eaton (12) Stockton (13) The Forum 17,505 1–1 3 May 13, 1988 9:00 p.m. MDT L.A. Lakers W 96–89 Malone (29) Eaton (14) Stockton (12) Salt Palace 12,444 2–1 4 May 15, 1988 1:30 p.m. MDT L.A. Lakers L 100–113 Malone (29) Malone (11) Stockton (13) Salt Palace 12,444 2–2 5 May 17, 1988 8:30 p.m. MDT @ L.A. Lakers L 109–111 Bailey (28) Malone (16) Stockton (24) The Forum 17,505 2–3 6 May 19, 1988 8:30 PM MDT L.A. Lakers W 108–80 Malone (27) Malone (11) Stockton (17) Salt Palace 12,444 3–3 7 May 21, 1988 1:30 p.m. MDT @ L.A. Lakers L 98–109 Malone (31) Malone (15) Stockton (20) The Forum 17,505 3–4
1988 schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Thurl Bailey
Darryl Dawkins
Mark Eaton
Rickey Green
Darrell Griffith
Bob Hansen
Eddie Hughes
Marc Iavaroni
Bart Kofoed
Karl Malone
Scott Roth
Carey Scurry
John Stockton
Kelly Tripucka
Melvin Turpin

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Thurl Bailey
Mark Eaton
Rickey Green
Bob Hansen
Eddie Hughes
Marc Iavaroni
Bart Kofoed
Karl Malone
Scott Roth
John Stockton
Kelly Tripucka
Melvin Turpin

Awards and records

• Karl Malone, All-NBA Second Team
• John Stockton, All-NBA Second Team
• Mark Eaton, NBA All-Defensive Second Team
• Karl Malone, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

References

1. 1987-88 Utah Jazz